Pollutant content in pollen load of honey bees in connection with ecological factors

The content of chemical elements (lead, cooper, zinc, cadmium) in pollen load and the degree of its infection by fungus spores in connection with collection area were determined. The authors estimated the correlation between content of chemical elements and quantitative and qualitative indices of micromycetes of epiphytic microflora of pollen load. It was shown that the increase in number of some pollutants in pollen load (lead and cadmium) result in the decrease in number of other pollutants (fungus microflora, spores of Bacillus sereus). The area of collection influences indirectly on the contamination of pollen load by micromycetes.